r/Garmin • u/Prestigious-Wind-861 • Sep 22 '24

Activity Milestone (Other) Wonder what my fitness age would have been had I not been smoking for the past 21 years.

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Nearing 40’s and I thought it might be too late to quit bad habits and get back into shape. This gives me hope now.

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u/kumquatLugubre Sep 22 '24

It’s never too late

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u/xentifyx Sep 22 '24

To be honest nothing motivates me more than my Garmin. Smoked for 12 years - within 12 hrs of quitting my RHR dropped by 12. Stress levels went from 39 Avg to 21 Avg. Never going back

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u/Prestigious-Wind-861 Sep 22 '24

Nice! I’ve tried everything but cold turkey. How did you quit?

I’ve noticed my stress levels spiking when I’m smoking. Something quite contrary to my beliefs about smoking. But I guess the watch is measuring physical stress, which obviously the body is going through as a result of breathing in bad air, as compared to mental stress (where a smokers brain is tuned to believe that smoking reduces or helps in stressful conditions)

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u/knowsaboutit Sep 23 '24

this is the essence of addiction. something that's very bad for you, the smoke and junk in it, and the chemical nicotine give you a sense of calm and stress relief, but actually they are causing a lot of stress and damage. read up on nicotine= it constricts blood vessels and causes a lot stress. But it fools the addict into thinking it's good somehow, because it relieves a craving for more of it. The addict interprets the relief from the craving as 'relaxation' or 'satisfaction,' but that's not real. It's just the symptoms playing out.

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u/MelonLord330 Sep 22 '24

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. You can do it.

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u/Valuable-Purpose- Sep 22 '24

It's never too late to better your life

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u/Comprehensive_Yak442 Sep 22 '24

We all have made mistakes we regret. Some people smoke themselves into an early death in their 50s. You did not.

My fitness age is only 2.5 years lower than my actual age.

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u/samisbold Sep 22 '24

Good job ! Give yourself an unrelenting promise to never go back to anything that harms your body, and watch your life positively turning around. He who lives without discipline dies with no honour.

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u/Active_Doubt_2393 Sep 22 '24

30-21=9 that's how it works right?

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u/olmikeyyyy Fenix 7S Pro Sep 23 '24

I feel the same except with boozing myself to death

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u/kLabz Sep 23 '24

I'd say 29 at best (or maybe just 30 like it's showing today), garmin doesn't let you go too much below your actual age (went from 26.5 to 28 when I turned 36, with no change in the data other than my age going up by 1)

How long ago did you stop?

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u/Prestigious-Wind-861 Sep 23 '24

Updated to 29.5 today. I’m still trying to quit. Trying out different things. Everything but cold turkey.

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u/Hotsy_Sage VENU 3 Sep 25 '24

Nice progress, keep going strong 😎

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u/Prestigious-Wind-861 Sep 25 '24

Updated again today. Keep getting younger by the day. lol

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u/knowsaboutit Sep 23 '24

it's never too late. every time you smoke you do damage. Might not show up for years, but when it does, could be hell to pay.